Paper box.



Patented Mar. 6, I900.

a. GAIR. PAPER BOX.

(Application filed Nov. 3, 1898.)

(No Mod BI.)

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rrien TATES ROBERT GAIR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 644,857, dated March e,1906. Application filed November 3, 1898. Serial No. 695,389 (No model.)

To aZZ whom it eta/y concern.- I

Be it known that I, ROBERT GAIR, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York,

borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and usefullmprovements in Paper Boxes;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and usethe same. I

The improvements embraced in my invention have-reference to that classof paper boxes I known in the trade as folding boxes and wherein theblank which forms said box is cut in a single piece from paper,cardboard,

and like flexible materials, so as to provide the several parts of thebox-viz., the bottom, sides, ends, and cover, a pasting-flap, and atucking-tongue to hold the cover closed,whereby when the blank is madeup the box is adapted to be folded on lines scored or creased in theends and sides thereof-to putitin a more or less flat form for packing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the blank from whichthe box is made. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box with the coveropen. Fig. 3 illustrates the box when folded, and Fig. 4 is across-section of the folded box on line a: :r of Fig. 3 and drawn on anenlarged scale. k

In a practical application of my invention a blank is cut and scored orcreased substantially as illustrated in Fig. 1, whereby there isproduced the box sides R I and ends G A, body-laps O O O 0, bottom B,top or cover E, tongue-flap T, and turn-over end flaps R R. The blank iscreased or scored to provide folding-lines on which the parts of theblank that form the body of the box are bent up into position to formthe box, and also to provide flexible lines or hinge like joints uponwhich the several portions of the box are manipulated to fold it to aflat form. The creasing or scoring of the blank is made on the lines 1 23 A to permit the sides R I and ends G A to be bent up at right anglesto the bottom B; the line 5 5 to permit the body-laps O O to be turnedor bent at right angles to the side R 5 the lines 6 6 to permit thebody-laps O O to be turned or bent at right angles to the side I theline 7 to permit the top cover E to be the flaps R R and the side I.

swung or turned down to close the box or up and back to uncover it;- onthe line 8 to permit the tongue T to be turned or bent at right anglesto the cover and to adapt it to be in 'serted between the turnaoverflaps R R and the side I to hold the cover down; on the diagonal lines 91 0 in the ends G A and the turnover flaps'R R to permit the ends andturnover flaps to be bent inward onthe diagonal lines to form bellowsfolds, so that the sidel may be pressed down toward the side It andcover E; on the lines 11 12 topermit the turn over flaps R R to be bentover at right angles to the ends G G, and on the diagonal lines 13 14cto permit the parts X Xof the side hand or by any other method, and theblank may be converted into a box and folded in the following manner:The sides It I andends G A are bent up at right angles to the bottom Band the ends and sides fastened together by pasting the laps O O to theside R and the laps O O to the side I. This completes the box; but whenit is filled and it is desired to close it the turn-over flaps R R areturned down on the contents of the box, the cover is then closed downover the flapsR R, and the tongue T tucked in between the ends of Tofold the box, the cover is turned back and then the ends G A are pressedinward toward each other, whereby they are caused to bend on thediagonal lines 9 10 and turn on the lines 5 5 and on the lines 6 6, andat the same time their connection with the side I causes the parts X Xof this side to be bent inward against the side I, which is therebythrown outward in line with the bottom B, and the bottom B is bent orturned on the line 1 until both it and the sideI are parallel to theside R and cover E, as shown in Fig. 4. To open the box, these movementsare reversed-that is, the bottom is opened out at right angles to theside R, whereby the ends GAare thrown outward at right angles to theside R and the front is brought up at right angles to the bottom, asseen in Fig. 2, where it is held by the ends G A.

When the box is unfolded preparatory to filling, the flaps R R areturned over at right angles to the ends, thus bending the creased lines9 10, and the ends are prevented from collapsing or bendinginward.Furthermore, the said flaps when bent over extend between the front andback sides of the box, and when the cover is closed down and the tongueT thrust between the ends of the said flaps and the front side of thebox they brace the box sides and ends and also hold the tongue in placeand prevent the cover from opening.

I claim v The herein-described paper box, the same consisting of theside R with flaps O, 0, side I with flaps O O and diagonal-scored lines13 14, ends A, G, flaps R R with diagonal scored lines 9 1O crossingsaid ends and flaps,

cover E and tongue T, the sides and ends being connected together by theflaps O, O, O O, the flaps being adapted to be bent over at right anglesto the ends to brace the ends and sides and to hold the tongue T of thecover in place, and the box adapted to be folded fiat by bending theflaps R R upward and the ends inward on the diagonal-scored lines 9 10,and the side I on the diagonal lines 13 14, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the invention above setforth I afix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT GAIR.

Witnesses:

' J. D. REILLY,

L. BEAT'IIE, Jr.

